Wednesday, February 11, 2009

One giant step closer!

Today Matt finished the last portion of his "comps" by completing the oral defense. After a long question/answer session (with the board getting to do all of the questioning) and three minutes of deliberation - He passed! He took his written exams last month. Now it is on to starting his dissertation. We are so proud of him. To celebrate I made a carrot cake but he really deserves so much more.
Here is Matt when he graduated from BYU with his Masters. With luck and a lot of hard work, we should be taking pictures again next year! Yea!

9 comments:

Danny and Nicole Larson said...

Yea...congrats! Sounds intense...I can't believe it would only be one more year. Time flys.

Angela said...

Congrats! I can't even imagine that kind of pressure. We're so happy for you guys!

maren bosley said...

Congratulations Matt!!! You're miles away from those good ol days at Washington High School (literally and figuritively). Way to go I'm totally impressed!

Phillip and Lisa Hill said...

Yeah for hard working husbands!!!

Trish said...

Congratulations on being ABD!! (Are those the right letters?? :o))

Megan said...

GOOD JOB MATT (AND HOLLY) FOR ALL THE HARD WORK.
HOW MANY KIDS WILL BE IN THE NEXT PICTURE???? :)

Brenny said...

Congratulations Matt!

Mike and Melea said...

No one could be happier for you both. Way to lead the way and take good care of your family.

Emily said...

Hip, Hip Horray! Congrats to you both!